Morning Links: Icelandic Pavilion Lawsuit Edition

Christoph Büchel’s mosque, made for the Icelandic Pavilion, was closed in May. Now, it’s the subject of a lawsuit against the city of Venice.

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Following the closure of Christoph Büchel’s Venice Biennale installation, the Icelandic Art Center is asking the city of Venice for €360,000, unspecified damages, and the reopening of the Swiss artist’s controversial mosque. [The Art Newspaper]

Gagosian, David Zwirner, and Pace all have booths at the first edition of the Seattle Art Fair. Could this new fair be a major player in the art market? [Seattle Times]

More people have gone to the Met this year than any time in the past four decades. [New York Times]

The son of Art Miami founder and director Nick Korniloff has gone missing. [The Observer]

Peter Schjeldahl on Stanley Whitney’s new show at the Studio Museum in Harlem. [The New Yorker]